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Discover LudwigThe phrase "Baptism of fire" is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used to describe a person's first experience in a challenging or difficult situation, often in a professional context. Example: "Starting my new job in the middle of a crisis felt like a baptism of fire, but I learned a lot quickly."
Idiom
Baptism of fire.
A baptism of fire was a soldier's first experience of shooting.
Dictionary
Baptism of fire
noun
The first experience of a severe ordeal, especially a first experience of military combat
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This was Eike Batista's baptism of fire.
It was a baptism of fire.
It was a total baptism of fire".
It's this mini baptism of fire.
It was a baptism of fire for Sir William.
"It has been a baptism of fire," Fernandes said.
He talks of entering Hungary as a "baptism of fire".
"It was a baptism of fire," she says.
For Sheringham it was, indeed, a baptism of fire.
"It's always a baptism of fire," people tell me.
"So it's certainly been a baptism of fire for everyone".
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